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Dog breeds that start with S
Looking for dog breeds that begin with S? Here are 24 of them in alphabetical order, from “Saint Bernard” to “Staffordshire bull terrier”.
Dog breeds starting with S
- Saint Bernard
- Saluki
- Samoyed
- Sapsali
- Sarplaninac
- Schipperke
- Schnauzer
- Scottish deerhoundalso Deerhound
- Scottish terrieralso Scottie
- Sealyham terrier
- Shar pei
- Shetland sheepdogalso Sheltie
- Shiba Inualso Shiba
- Shih Tzu
- Shikoku
- Silky terrier
- Skye terrier
- Sloughi
- Soft-coated wheaten terrieralso Wheaten terrier
- Spanish mastiff
- Spanish water dog
- Spinonealso Italian spinone
- Springer spanielalso English springer spaniel
- Staffordshire bull terrieralso Staffie, Staffy
About this list
- S is the 2nd most common first letter in this list: 24 of the 199 dog breeds (12%).
- Shortest: “Saluki”. Longest: “Soft-coated wheaten terrier”.
- 15 names have more than one word.
- 8 can be spelled more than one way, and all the spellings count.
Quick answers
- How many dog breeds start with S?
- 24 of the 199 dog breeds in Icillion start with S, for example Shih Tzu, Springer spaniel and Saint Bernard.
- What is the longest name among dog breeds that start with S?
- The longest is “Soft-coated wheaten terrier” and the shortest is “Saluki”.
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